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Families that play together sure eat a lot of hot dogs and hamburgers. The Coldwell Banker Family Day celebrations at the Penticton Community Centre, Feb. 9 were so much of a success some menu items on the barbecue were gone before it was over. “It was incredible this year and we even ran out towards the end, some of the buns and stuff but it was all good,” said Joni Cutler of Coldwell Banker who was at the front door directing foot traffic to the various venues inside and out. “It was just so nice to see the camaraderie and everyone was just having so much fun.” According to Kelly Hopkins, recreation business supervisor for the city, over 800 family members took part in the all-inclusive package and about 500 others dropped in to use the pool and fitness facilities. Above: Mermaids are relatively scarce these days, however, this one, who goes by the name of Lydia Borkwood, 10, was spotted in the waters of the Penticton Community Centre pool on Family Day.
Above: Elise Teo, nines months, gets some help from grandmother Mai Robinson with one of the learning toys in the Gymboree room. At right: Two-year-old Emma Stratton leads mom Kristel through the inflatable maze.
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Motorists traveling along the 100-block of Ellis Street on Feb. 10 were given a gentle reminder of the speed limit change to 30 kilometres per hour. Penticton Mayor Andrew Jakubeit, several council members and representatives from the Downtown Penticton Association joined Penticton RCMP to drive home the point. During the brief driver’s ed campaign in front of Fitkidz Gymnastics Club, participants held up signs while officers stopped people to make them aware. No tickets were issued on that day, however, Cpl. Don Wrigglesworth said that will change as the relaxed enforcement is upgraded. “This has traditionally been an area where drivers are going 70 km/h in a 50 kilometre an hour zone because it’s the quick way to get downtown,” he said. “Just standing here you can see how many cars are going way too fast, they’re just flying.
“Somebody caught going 70 km/h here could face having their vehicle impounded for three days because that’s excessive speed.” The changes have been made over a period of time and included public consultations and resident feedback. “We want to enhance the pedestrian experience and make downtown Penticton a comfortable place for people to discover on foot,” said Jakubeit earlier. “Lower speeds will create a more relaxed atmosphere in our commercial core.” The changes impact a total of nine streets in the downtown area. Colin Robert, who was waiting for a bus, agreed speed reduction in the area is necessary. “Drivers should be aware of pedestrians and disabled people and should slow down and pay attention,” he said. “It seems like people are always in a hurry to go somewhere (when) they should stop and enjoy the beauty.” A map of the area is available online at www.penticton.ca/downtown.
Construction Notice: Industrial Avenue Quebec Street to Atkinson Street The City would like to advise residents of upcoming construction on Industrial Avenue. Starting January 26 to the end of May, H & M Excavating will be installing new water mains, sewer mains, curb and gutter, and paving, on behalf of the City, from Fairford Street to Main Street. This work is necessary to replace aging infrastructure. Sections of Industrial Avenue will be reduced to single lane alternating traffic during construction and the City asks that members of the public stay safe by obeying all traffic control personnel and posted speed limits. Should you have any questions about this work, please contact the City Engineering Department at 250490-2500. Request for Proposal – 2015-RFP01- Fitness services and program opportunity The City invites qualified individuals or businesses to submit Proposals to further enhance fitness room and/or fitness program opportunities at the Penticton Community Centre. Please note the closing date and time: February 24, 2015 at 2:00 pm. An optional site visit will be held on Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 10:00 am. Meeting place - the Reception counter
Deaglan Milton was one of many carrying signs advising motorists of the speed limit change on ellis Street Feb. 10. Members of city council including Mayor andrew Jakubeit, the RCMP and the Downtown Penticton association also took part in the driver awareness campaign sponsored by the City of Penticton and the association.
at the Community Centre located at 325 Power Street. For a copy of the full Request for Proposal please visit the City of Penticton website: www.penticton.ca/purchasing. Any enquiries related to this 2015-RFP01 are to be directed, in writing, to Cathy Ingram, Purchasing Manager, via e-mail at cathy.ingram@penticton.ca. Request for Quotations 2015-RFQ-06 – Portable toilet rentals - The City of Penticton is requesting quotations to supply, service and maintain portable toilets at various park sites. Please note the closing date and time: March 3, 2015 @ 2:00 pm. 2015-RFQ-07 - Irrigation parts - The City of Penticton is requesting quotations for unit pricing for various irrigation products for the 2015 season. Please provide unit rates, for purchase throughout 2015 season as outlined in the RFQ. Please note the closing date and time: March 3, 2015 @ 2:00 pm. Note: Should any potential bidders download this document, it is the bidder’s responsibility to check for Addenda’s which will be posted on the City of Penticton’s website. For a copy of the full Request for Quotation please visit the City of Penticton website: www.penticton.ca/purchasing. Any
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was completed in 2014 and reroute the existing bicycle route at the intersection of Eckhardt Ave. and Government St. Any person whose interest may be affected by the proposed amendments may appear in person, by petition or by attorney. Delegations and Submissions will be received no later than 9:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 to Attention: Corporate Officer, City of Penticton, 171 Main Street, Penticton, BC V2A 5A9; Email: publichearings@penticton. ca. No letter, report or representation from the public will be received by Council after the conclusion of the Public Hearing. Please note that all submissions are a matter of public record. Those persons with special hearing, language or access needs should contact City Hall at 250-490-2400 prior to the meeting. The above mentioned bylaws and supporting information will be available for public inspection up to and including Monday, Feb. 16, 2015 at the following locations during hours of operation: Development Services and Corporate Administration (City Hall,171 Main St.), Penticton Public Library (785 Main Street) and the Penticton Community Centre (325 Power St.) or online at www.penticton.ca/ publicnotice.
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The B.C. government presented a cautious preview of the coming year with its speech from the throne Tuesday, predicting a rural revival through industrial growth while lowering earlier aggressive expectations for mining and natural gas exports. Read by Lt.-Gov. Judith Guichon to begin the spring legislature session, the speech announced the formation of a rural advisory committee to “provide independent and impartial advice on helping rural B.C. increase opportunities, manage growth and meet its full potential in communities big and small.” Premier Christy Clark said the government has important tasks ahead, such as starting construction on the $8 billion Site C hydroelectric dam and revamping the education system to fill an anticipated skills gap. “We’re sticking to the plan, and we’ve been successful with that plan,” Clark told reporters. “I know it doesn’t make great headlines in the newspapers, but I don’t think we want to change so we can help you get a news story.”
As the government continues to await investment decisions for liquefied natural gas facilities, the speech noted that LNG “could create 100,000 jobs and the revenues to eliminate our debt,” adding that exports are needed to maintain a gas industry that already employs 13,000 people. The speech referred to five new mines opening since 2011, but avoided mention of northeast coal mines that have closed due to low commodity prices that also threaten the continued operation of metal mines in B.C. Much of the speech touts earlier achievements, including jobcreation numbers, the carbon tax on fuels and a recent settlement with B.C. public school teachers. The government confirmed it is about to table a third straight balanced budget on Feb. 17, and also plans to launch a new “medal of good citizenship” to recognize those who donate their time and money to improve their communities. “British Columbia is blessed with a strong, diverse economy, a balanced budget and public services that are the envy of the world,” said Premier Christy
Clark in a press release. “We will continue to focus on getting to ‘yes’ on economic development, seizing B.C.’s LNG opportunity and protecting taxpayers by controlling spending.” New Democratic Party leader John Horgan dismissed the throne speech, which “carried on with the same empty promises about an LNG industry that (Clark) says is the ‘central preoccupation’ of her government,” he said in a press release. “This speech offered no prospects of good, long-term jobs, no solutions for the problems people face every day, and no security for families,” said Horgan. Horgan questioned Clark’s intention to keep cutting “red tape,” an obsession of the B.C. Liberals since 2001. “They cut red tape at Mount Polley,” Horgan said of gaps in inspection that predated the collapse of the mine’s tailings dam last summer. Penticton MLA Dan Ashton could not be reached for comment Tuesday afternoon.
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It was a long and tiring day for both volunteers and those participating in Family Day events at the Penticton Community Centre on Monday. By the end of it all, everyone had a smile on their face. It is why those involved with making it happen deserve a pat on the back. According to Kelly Hopkins, acting recreation business supervisor, over the six hours 1,306 people attended events ranging from a street hockey game featuring the Penticton Vees (and some equipment donation from Pacific Sport), activities in the pool, crafts, board games, family movie showings and more. Last year’s total was 600 participants involved in the all-inclusive packages (1,126 people in total), so 2015 represented a significant increase much to the delight of organizers. Family Day was originally created to give people time to spend with their families but it also provides a day off between New Year’s Day and Good Friday, and Penticton took full advantage of it. “The feedback we were getting throughout the day was amazing, people were so enjoying the time they were spending with their families and the different things we had available for everybody, it didn’t matter what your age was,” said Hopkins. Coldwell Banker Okanagan Realty returned as the title sponsor for Family Day activities, now in their third year. Coldwell Banker continues to give back to the community, involving local public schools by donating four complimentary passes per school for WESTERN thePENTICTON event to help 28 families in the community. Both Hopkins and Cutler credited the participation of the Vees and advanced marketing to get the word out. As Joni Cutler commented, everyone is looking forward to see how the event evolves next year. “Bigger and better,” she said.
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Post-secondary ‘re-engineering’ begins Premier Christy Clark’s push to “re-engineer” the B.C. education system is moving ahead aggressively in B.C.’s 25 post-secondary institutions. One of the first tasks for Andrew Wilkinson in his new role as advanced education minister was to outline the shift in operating grants for colleges and universities to in-demand occupations. By 2017, a quarter of the money for post-secondary institutions will be directed to areas where labour force surveys forecast a need. This was greeted with some alarm when it was announced last year. Simon Fraser University president Andrew Petter at first downplayed the coming skills shortage as “relatively small” and warned against pushing post-secondary institutions into a “zero sum battle for dollars.” Petter has since come on board, as his approving comments were featured in the ministry’s
Jan. 26 news release detailing the shift. He and others have been assured that in spite of Clark’s rhetoric, suggesting trades training is in and university is out, the news for SFU and other universities isn’t all that bleak. Wilkinson is completing a province-wide tour of all post-secondary institutions this week, and I reached him at his visit to Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops. “The response to this has generally been pretty good, because the students are putting this pressure on institutions themselves,” he said. “Some of the institutions are … shrinking things like teacher education and putting more effort into the science-based, quantitative fields that are often related to these in-demand occupations.” The surplus of teacher graduates has been noticeable for some time, but that’s largely a function of oversupply, much of it in urban
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areas. In the Cariboo, for example, teaching jobs are projected to have the highest number of openings by 2022, followed by nursing and retail and wholesale trade managers. Then come heavy-duty mechanics and electricians, but also paraprofessional jobs in legal, social, community and educational services. Province-wide, it’s part of a broader demographic shift to fewer children and more retirees. In fact the government started this targeted funding a decade ago with health care, forcing universities to produce more doctors, nurses, lab
techs and so forth. The retiring baby boom is expected to account for more than half of the openings in the next decade, which will expand the skills demand across most fields, beyond the trades training for the anticipated liquefied natural gas industry and other highdemand industrial areas such as truck driving. Wilkinson notes that of the ministry’s $1.9 billion budget, about 60 per cent goes into general post-secondary education, for introductory courses that students take when they are seeking a career path, through undergraduate studies to professions. “So I think the idea that we’re going to somehow minimize or diminish funding in that general education, arts and science category is just not true,” he said. Key to this shift is measuring the performance of courses offered at colleges, universities and technical schools.
Each year, the ministry surveys about 30,000 graduates to find out whether their studies helped them find a related job. The results are available on a website that breaks them out by institution and general study area. To find it, do a web search for “BC student outcomes” and select the “executive dashboard” to check the results for courses and schools in your region. The site provides charts showing the percentage of students who land relevant jobs. Not surprisingly, it tends to be higher for technical programs and lower for fine arts. It also shows grads’ average wages, a sobering but useful bit of information for high school students and their parents. Tom Fletcher is legislative reporter and columnist for Black Press and BCLocalnews.com tfletcher@blackpress.ca
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Fletcher should stick to politics With all due respect, your January 21, 2015 B.C. Views entry Hippy science is easy, and wrong by Tom Fletcher was scandalous and irresponsible for this day and age. With multiple diseases rampant with no known cures, health maintenance and disease prevention seem to be our only hope. I’m not sure if your paper or Mr. Fletcher have heard of the concept of choice? I admit that I can only view Dr. Oz in limited amounts myself but the fact that he is attempting to make individuals healthy in an alternative way to mainstream medicine is admirable. Health product promotions are no different from, say, investment product or vehicle promotions. Do your homework first. Does Mr. Fletcher know where “supplements, tea, homeopathy, coffee,” etc.
Hunting and lead poisoning
A recent documentary on the tele was showing the difference between a lead bullet and those made of copper. The demonstration showed both what a lead bullet and a copper bullet looks like before firing and then after it has been fired. It was shown that a lead bullet explodes inside the targeted animal, dispersing into many fragmented pieces. The same kind of effect as a bomb going off. Of course on a much smaller scale, but the same effect. Where as the copper bullet stayed in one piece. The comparison of the end results between these two bullets is “horrific.” I’m not a hunter, have absolutely nothing to do with guns, and I have no idea about government policies on this subject. But, I am very fond of animals. All animals. As I watched this comparison, my brain recalled reading in the paper recently, and seeing on the tele, the matter about our government’s decision pertaining to hunting licenses. Then I asked
come from? The same origin as “medicine’s most potent drugs” (see www.epharmacology.hubpages.com/hub/Wheredo-drugs-come-from-Sources-of-Drugs). His dependence on Scott Gavura’s article on ScienceBasedMedicine.org does not mention that Mr. Gavura is not a doctor but a pharmacist. Gee, I wonder if he is biased? I see the correlation between food additives, (excess) salt, meat (with growth hormones), fluoride (lethal in high doses), prescription drugs (highly regulated because they have the potential to kill) smog (a noxious mixture of gas and particles), vaccines (an agent that resembles a diseasecausing microorganism), GMOs (unproven safety and no labelling) and drugs and poisons. Does anyone else? As well, gluten is an intolerance not
myself, ‘does our government have any sort of laws pertaining to bullets used for hunting?’ Next question was, ‘how many hunters are actually intellectually aware of the long term, end results of the two?’ I’m sure all hunters are not educated chemists. Are hunters, including tourist hunters, required to report the type of bullets they use? Are wildlife officers knowledgeable in this topic, are inspections done pertaining to types of bullets being used? Now I don’t know a hunter’s procedures after the kill, but can you imagine, if the hunter has used lead bullets, and they leave the innards of the animal behind for other wildlife to feed on, and some of that wildlife may in turn feed it to their own young. Think about all the wildlife that may be feeding on the innards that have been contaminated throughout, with lead. Lead poisoning. How many persons actually do make their own bullets? I do recall, some years back, reading an ad in the classified section of a news-
paper to which a request for those lead tubes that hair dye used to come in. I asked myself back then, and also asked someone else, why anyone would be requesting empty hair dye tubes and was informed, “they use the lead to make bullets with.” So I know what I’m talking about here. I do know some are now made of plastic. Don’t know if there’s a law pertaining to that or not. Maybe someone out there can respond to this concern. This concern which affects the whole planet. Eventually, humanity notices there seems to be a decline in varied species on our planet and wonder why? Have lead bullets had anything to do with the decline? Now use your imagination, and you’ll see the reason for this letter you are now reading here. Joan Johnson Penticton
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a toxin. Wow, I think that Mr. Fletcher should stick with legislative issues as noted as his specialty at the end of his entry. He is so far off the mark concerning health maintenance and disease prevention that my eyes just kept getting bigger and bigger while reading further into his “opinion.” Mr. Fletcher’s view is more of a rant than an informed perspective, in my humble but pro-health and choice opinion, and that is not even addressing water, vaccinations, EMFs, GMO, oh my God! Let’s have informed columnists please. That is my opinion and could I suggest that anyone writing to the editor might offer a solution to the concerns they are voicing. Mine is to offer choices for health care.
fare against the economies of Russia and Iran, and the resultant collapse and shut down of the oil patch here in Canada, along with little Miss Muffet’s LNG pipe dream pretty much gone up in smoke, and with no real long-term economic vision coming from any of our political parties, it appears we got to do something to generate some tax dollars here in our country to boost the fross domestic product. So, with the Harper government’s recent signing of a multi-bil-
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lion dollar deal to sell armored tank-like vehicles to the monarchy of Saudi Arabia, the world’s premier funder and facilitator of global terrorism; and then with the increase of medicinal marijuana facilities and reliance on tax revenue from the weed industry; and with Justin “Bieber Boy” Trudeau calling for the regulation and taxation of sex trade workers ... it looks like Canada’s GDP now stands for guns, drugs and prostitution. Brian Gray Penticton
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On school district wanting to add five minutes to students’ day: “Completely wrong headed. Nothing will be taught in the additional five minutes tacked onto the end of the day that would be taught in full days of school. Why don’t we just add on six minutes a day and have four-day school weeks. Wrong, wrong, wrong.”
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Jobs Minister Shirley Bond arrived in Penticton Thursday on the second stop of an Okanagan tour, meeting with local manufacturers and touring local firm Cut Technologies. Daryl Clarke, plant manager at Cut Technologies, recently delivered an impassioned plea before Penticton city council for them to consider direct and indirect costs to businesses before raising rates at the city’s electrical utility. “One of the things we have to look at all the time is the additional costs that businesses in B.C. face,” said Bond, who also heard from the manufacturers about issues like jobs they can’t fill or the lack of available training. Bond’s response to the labour issues was to talk about the Canada Jobs Grant, which offers up to $10,000 in provincial and federal funding for training, matching a one-third
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share from the employer. She also offered information on the province’s express entry program, which allows employers to bring qualified workers to B.C. from other countries if there is a defined need.
Bond said she also learned a lot about the affordability question, finding housing for families coming to Penticton that is affordable as well as the challenges of trying to get a spouse to relocate to an area.
“How do we attract entire families to Penticton and to our province?” said Bond adding that there is good work going on in Penticton to address the issue, and she wanted to see if it could be expanded and used as an approach across the province. “I think we can find a way to help partner and take a look, is there a way to make sure that when you are attracting one person, you can attract the entire family?” said Bond. Bond was impressed by the diversity of manufacturing in the South Okanagan, including Cut Technologies, which is a world leader in manufacturing saw blades through a highly automated plant in Penticton. “There is a significant manufacturing hub here in the South Okanagan,” said Bond. “The key message today was B.C. is much better off … because we have a diversified economy. Growing the manufacturing sector grows the GDP, it grows our exports.”
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Despite her lawyer’s concerns about the continuity of a key piece of evidence, a former Osoyoos woman is again facing jail time after being caught with a “virtual drug store.” Following a three-day trial last week in B.C. Supreme Court in Penticton, 48-yearold Laurie-Ann Margaret Williams was convicted of seven counts of possession of a controlled substance for the purpose of trafficking. Court heard the drugs in question included 11 grams of heroin, 84 grams of methamphetamine, plus ecstasy, prescription painkillers and LSD valued at upwards of $11,000. The drugs were found in a falsebottomed aerosol can in a bag that was in the back of a truck in which Williams was a passenger when it was pulled over by a Penticton RCMP officer on May 5, 2012. Also in the bag was women’s clothing that Williams denied was hers, but police later linked her to the bag with a receipt that had her name on it. Williams said she kept the receipt, which
liams’ testimony, including a claim she travelled from Scotch Creek to Penticton with nothing but the clothes on her back “She knew she was scheduled to undergo some kind of dental procedure for an abscessed tooth. It defies common sense that she would drive five hours in the middle of the night, in early May, feeling as ill as she claims to have felt, naked except for a sundress,” said Weatherill. The judge also cast doubt on her explanation for $8,995 in cash found in her purse, which she testified was a loan from a friend to pay off fines and buy a car. “It defies credulity that a friend would lend her that amount of money in cash — $4,000 in tight bundles and the rest loose — for the potential purchase of an unknown, yet-to-be-located vehicle.” Williams remains free on bail and is due back in court April 3 to set a date for sentencing. She was among three people arrested in 2006 in Osoyoos following what police at the time said was the biggest drug bust ever in the South Okanagan. Williams was later sentenced to two years and seven months in prison.
was from a visit to a dentist a day earlier, in her purse and wasn’t sure how it got into the bag. RCMP Const. Mark Hanna testified that the receipt wasn’t found during an initial search of the bag at the RCMP detachment, but rather two days later after the bag had been repacked and sent with the truck to a local towing company’s yard. Hanna told the court he went to the yard to re-examine the bag’s contents and discovered the receipt in a side pocket. Defence counsel James Pennington noted in his closing arguments that RCMP records showed the bag never left the Penticton detachment, which he described as a “major discrepancy” that cast doubt on the case against his client. Crown counsel Clarke Burnett countered that although police conducted “perhaps not the most thorough” initial search of the bag, it would be “fanciful” to suggest someone planted the receipt to connect Williams to the “virtual drug store of controlled substances.” Justice Gordon Weatherill sided with the Crown and rejected key elements of Wil-
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A much beloved Canadian rock band is returning by popular demand to the Penticton Peach Festival. Peter’s Bros. Construction will present 54-40 in Okanagan Lake Park on Aug. 6. The band played to one of the largest crowds in Peach Festival history in 2012. Peachfest entertainment director Bill Kolter said that fans have been asking for their return ever since. “By their second song, everyone was standing,” said Kolter in a release “They had the entire park singing along with their hits. What an incredible band.” Since their formation in Vancouver in 1981, 54-40 has recorded a dozen top 10 singles and 13 studio albums. Three of those albums went platinum. With the singing and songwriting
talents of Neil Osborne, 54-40 scored a significant breakthrough with its third album, Show Me, which spawned the hits One Gun and One Day in Your Life. Their long list of hits includes: Baby Ran, Ocean Pearl, Lies To Me, Love You All, She La, Casual Viewin’ and Since When. One of their most recognizable songs, I Go Blind, was covered by Hootie & the Blowfish in the 1990s. The song was also used on the first soundtrack for the TV series Friends. “They are known for their live performances. Their fans are used to paying $40 or $50 to see 54-40, but thanks to Peters Bros. Construction, you can see them for free at Peachfest,” Kolter said. The 68th annual Penticton Peach Festival takes place Aug. 5 to 9. For more information visit www.peachfest.com
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Locarno ready to pack Dream Café stage Dale Boyd
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It’s going to be a tight fit on the Dream Café stage when Locarno comes to town. The project from the frontman of The Paperboys, Juno awarding-winning musician Tom Landa, will pack nine musicians on the stage at the Dream Café Feb. 13. “It’ll be a bit challenging,” Landa laughed. The nine-piece band plays Latin fusion with a heavy emphasis on Mexican music, the result of a project Landa embarked on four years ago. “It’s a project I had been wanting to do for awhile,” Landa said. When he was playing with the folk band The Paperboys (who were sometimes billed as Tom Landa and the Paperboys), Landa
sought out musicians he knew or had played with in his 20 years in Vancouver to join and help record the first Locarno album. Born and raised in Mexico City, his father Mexican and his mother Canadian, Landa wanted to work on something that explored his roots. “We did some Latin stuff, but I wanted to do a project that was really dedicated to Latin music,” Landa said. The group recorded their first album, Una Mas Y Ya Nos Vamos, in Vancouver in 2010. The album was even more personal for Landa because he was able to play with his own dream team of musicians. “It was playing with a lot of people I’d always wanted to play with,” Landa said. Locarno’s first album was written en-
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tirely by Landa. Their upcoming sophomore release, Super Chido, will have more input
from the other members of the band. “This time it’s a little more collabora-
tive effort, but also it’s more of a band sound I would say this time around,” Landa said.
Super Chido marks the progression of the group, who now have four years of playing together under their belt. The album also features some songs Landa wrote, as well as a few forays into traditional Mexican music. The album’s name is something of an inside joke for the band. Chido is Mexican slang for cool or awesome, and it took hold with some of the members when touring Mexico. The word was nothing new to Landa, but he couldn’t say the same for the rest of the group. “I knew this word as a kid, but the band really got a kick out of the word chido,” Landa said. “So then we eventually just started saying ‘that’s super chido man,’” Landa laughed.
“Like, that taco joint is super chido, or that song is super chido, or this hotel is super chido. It kind of became this thing with us, so we thought we would name the record that.” The project Landa started four years ago has grown and so have the connections he has made with the rest of his bandmates. Landa feels their next album will reflect that. “When I did the first record the band was kind of getting established. Now, some of these musicians have been in the band a long time, so we’re really getting used to playing with each other,” he said. For more information on Locarno visit w w w. l o c a r n o m u s i c . com or www.thedreamcafe.ca. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased by phone at 250-490-9012.
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Over $65,000 invested in Penticton arts sector Dale Boyd
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Over $65,000 is being provided to the Penticton arts community, part of $6.9 million in grants given across 97 communities in B.C. from the B.C. Arts Council. The funding allocates part of the $24 million provided to the B.C. Arts Council by the government of B.C. to support arts and culture in the province — the most funding the council has ever received. The grants are the result of applications being examined by the B.C. Arts Council’s in-
dependent peer-review process. The Penticton Art Gallery is receiving $38,000 in operating assistance, on par with their yearly grant requests, though the number is down from the highest funding the gallery has received in the past which was $43,000. “If we didn’t have it we wouldn’t be able to do the shows that we do,” said Penticton Art Gallery curator Paul Crawford. Additionally, the Penticton Museum and Archives is getting $20,000 and the Penticton and District Arts Council will receive $8,544.
Applications for grants from the Penticton Arts Council will be open for the month of March for community organizations to apply. In the past the funding has gone towards the Children’s Showcase, the Shatford Centre and the Penticton Academy of Music among other arts and culture orginizations. “The BCAC, through financial support from the provincial government, is a stable and reliable funding partner for the arts and heritage community in B.C.,” said Dennis Oomen, curator of the Penticton Museum and Archives.
“The (museum) looks forward to many more years of collaboration.” Additionally, the Oliver Community Arts Council is receiving $9,000 and the Osoyoos and District Arts Council and the Osoyoos Museum Society are receiving $6,000 and $9,000, respectively. The funding will provide $1.47 million to museums across the province, $900,000 to 71 different community arts councils, $780,000 to professional arts festivals, $1.95 million to 31 visual arts organizations and $430,000 to 50 creative writers.
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Sometimes the most difficult part of making a career in the performing arts is finding out how to take the next step. The third season of the Fresh B.C. Talent Quest hopes to fill that gap for young performers in Penticton. Registration for the talent contest, as well as two days of performance workshops and a special parents workshop, closes Feb. 22. The competition is open to all forms of entertainment at any skill level and is divided into three categories. Group A hosts ages nine to 13, Group B is ages 14 to 18 and Group C will encompass duos, bands or dance acts and any other type of performance. Registration is $15, which gets each participant a Tshirt and goes towards cash prizes for the competition The event is making a push for volunteers as well as it has grown over the past two years. “The show is getting bigger and now we need help. Parents and other people who are involved in music can help with our stage, our concessions, there’s all kinds of things,” organizer Denis Chaykowski said. Workshops will feature professional facilitators from Vancouver, Kelowna and Penticton. “All of them have really good credentials and have the experience behind them of being a performer and producers in theatre, stage, dance. We have it all covered,” Chaykowski said. The first workshop takes place March 1 and includes a range of topics and speakers who are professionals in the field. The first workshop will feature sessions involving health and fitness, yoga and two hours of vocal instruction with Trudy Jan Janiki. The second workshop takes place March 7 and will feature musician and seasoned performer Bill Bogaardt as well as singer/songwriter and stage specialist Aaron J. Turner. Bogaardt will be speaking on the state of copyrighting in music, protecting your rights as an artist. “Part of my exposure in my presentation is to make people aware of how to do your copyrights, then how do you publish, what kind of agreement you have with your band members and what you do when you sign on with a publisher,” Bogaardt said. For more information and to register or volunteer visit www.freshbctalentquest.com .
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Time is running out for the Okanagan-Similkameen Neurological Society to reply to a lawsuit filed against it by a former employee who’s now a Penticton city councillor. Judy Sentes alleged in her statement of claim filed at the
Penticton court house in January that OSNS owes her $24,944.83 to which she was entitled following her retirement as its executive director in July 2013. In her claim, Sentes alleges the promised payment was to compensate for her low salary while working for OSNS for 19 years. According to court records, her small-claims civil lawsuit
was served to OSNS on Jan. 27, which gave the non-profit organization 14 days to respond. That deadline expired Tuesday, but the reply had not been filed as of press time at mid-afternoon. OSNS officials and Sentes have both previously declined comment on the case since it’s now before the courts.
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A judge has reluctantly agreed to move to Penticton the preliminary inquiry for a man accused of stabbing two women and then trying to kill himself outside a Princeton restaurant. James Ronald Buhler, 53, is charged with the attempted murder and aggravated assault of his wife and aggravated assault of their daughter on Feb. 26, 2014. Defence counsel Dave Johnson appeared on Buhler’s behalf last week in provincial court in Penticton and applied to have the one-day inquiry, which will determine if their is enough evidence to send the matter to trial, moved out of Princeton. “The courthouse there simply isn’t adequate to deal with a matter of this seriousness,” said Johnson, citing the Princeton courtroom’s narrow confines
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and a lack of glass around the prisoner’s box. Crown counsel John Swanson said the alleged victims no longer live in Princeton. “It’ll probably be just as easy to get them to Penticton, if not easier,” he said. Judge Greg Koturbash balked initially at the change-of-venue application. “I think there’s always an interest by the community in crimes that occur in that community,” he said, before later granting the application after hearing sheriffs also have concerns about the Princeton courthouse. A date for the preliminary inquiry is expected to be set Wednesday. Buhler remains behind bars and didn’t appear in court. Police allege he stabbed his wife and daughter multiple times outside a Dairy Queen and then cut his own throat in an attempted suicide.
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The South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society is taking over ownership and operation of two low-income housing buildings in Penticton. Abbott Towers, which has 97 units of seniors housing, and Columbus Park, with 42 units of family housing, are now owned and operated by SOSBIS, who will also be taking over operations for the four one-bedroom apartments for seniors and persons with disabilities at Columbus Place in Naramata. SOSBIS won’t own those suites, but will be operating them on behalf
of B.C. Housing. SOSBIS was selected by the interim board of directors for the Penticton Senior Citizens and Veterans Housing and Recreation Society and the Christopher Housing Society to take over operations of the housing projects. The buildings were transferred as a free, charitable donation because the previous non-profit societies that owned the buildings will cease to exist by the end of 2015. The organizations had to disperse their assets to another non-profit organization, according to the Societies Act. “It made me feel quite proud because we were chosen as a result of
our community collaborations we already have existing,” said Linda Sankey, executive director of the South Okanagan Similkameen Brain Injury Society. These buildings will add to the 23-unit apartment building and two residential group homes for people with disabilities that the organization already operates. Abbott Towers, which originally opened in June 1985, has had several recent updates, including the main floor communal kitchen and social room and is within walking distance of Okanagan Lake, directly across the street from a transit stop. The suites in Columbus Park range in size from two to four bed-
rooms. The building also has two daycare facilities that operate on site. “We’re going to continue on with the general feel as the previous operators of the buildings,” Sankey said. SOSBIS is taking over operations, but Sankey said they will be keeping the existing tenants and, as units become vacant, slowly mixing clients into the buildings. “What it means for our clients is that they will have better access to subsidized housing in the community, and what it means for the current tenants is that not much is going to change for them,” Sankey said.
Better access to this type of housing is something Sankey feels the community needs. “There are so many people in our community who are living at or below the poverty line and this type of housing provides safe and affordable housing for people so they can live a more financial manageable existence,” Sankey said. For more information about the low-income housing, please contact the housing registry at 1-800-8347149 or complete an online application at www.bchousing.org. For more information about SOSBIS or their programs go to their website, www.sosbis.com, or call 250-490-0613.
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The weather outside should be frightful at this time of year, but it’s down right balmy. Waterfront walkways at both Okanagan and Skaha lakes have been running at near capacity recently and the Feb. 8 high of 13 C shattered the previous high for that date of 11.1 C set in 1945. The average for this time of year is 2 C. “That’s an incredible 11 degrees above normal,” said meteorologist Matt MacDonald of Environment Canada. “It’s that pineapple express that we saw move in the latter half of last week which opened the door to this feed of subtropical air. That southwest circulation has been with us for the last few days and will remain so throughout the rest of the week.” The pineapple express is described as a weather phenomenon characterized by a steady flow of moisture often associated with heavy precipitation from
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the waters around Hawaii. Although he doesn’t correlate the current weather directly to climate change, MacDonald added the waters of the Pacific Ocean are one to two degrees warmer this winter, adding to the overall impact. “This is very similar to the pattern we saw last winter,” he said. “In the west we’re seeing the mild ridge of high pressure while the eastern half of country is seeing the counterpart which is a big trough of low pressure.” MacDonald added the differing weather conditions may explain why the two most famous groundhogs’ recent predictions we’re so conflicting. “I think one of them was representative of the eastern half of the country and the other one was facing west looking at our side,” he said with a laugh Temperatures are expected to drop next week to seasonal norms with the possibility of much-need snow for the ski hills.
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Goodis tops Canada West assist list Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
PENTICTON’S CASSANDRA GOODIS became the Canada West assists leader last weekend when she collected eight against Brandon in a 72-55 UVic Vikes win. APShutter.com photo
Racking up eight assists in a UVic Vikes 72-55 win over Brandon has put Cassandra Goodis atop the Canada West assist list. The former Pen High Laker shattered the mark previously held by Simon Fraser’s Lani Gibbons, 539, last weekend and has one more weekend in women’s basketball to add to it. Coming into the weekend, Goodis, a senior point guard, said it was surreal to have her name thrown around with such amazing players. “Individual records have never really been something I’ve chased, but what means the most is how excited and supportive my teammates have been about it,” said Goodis on the Vikes website. “To play with a group of people that are genuinely excited and rooting for me is the greatest feeling in the world.” Just like how she plays night in and night out on the court, Goodis was quick to recognize her teammates when reflecting on the accomplishment. “I’ve been fortunate enough to play with some incredible players in my five years at UVic who have made my job pretty easy,” said Goodis, who averages 6.5 assists per game and came into the season sitting fifth on the assist list. “ When you’ve got guards surrounding you that can shoot the ball, and posts that can catch
and finish like I’ve been luckily enough to have, passing the ball gets pretty easy.” Goodis’s coach Dani Sinclair said the feat is pretty incredible and well deserved since her arrival from Penticton in 2009. “From day one, she has been a great playmaker for us,” said Sinclair. “She just anticipates and sees things develop. She helps making everybody better.” What has impressed the team most is how Goodis has embraced a leadership role. “She’s for sure our court leader. On and off the court she’s been so good with everybody. The young players see her as a great role model. It’s been a huge key to our success for sure.” Sinclair added that Goodis should be extremely proud of the company she finds herself in at the top of that list and achieving the milestone represents both an individual and team accomplishment, something everyone on the squad as well as in previous years can be proud of. Goodis was named the conference’s second star of the week following her performance on the weekend to help the Vikes improve to 11-7 after starting 2-6. With one record out of the way, Goodis is also closing in on another Vikes record, as she currently sits just three steals back of Lindsay Anderson’s 269. Achieving that mark would also place Goodis second all-time for steals in Canada West.
Throwdown keep growing Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
The second annual Okanagan Valley Throwdown is growing along with the sport. Three hundred and fifty athletes took up all the spots within two hours of registration opening for the crossfit event, which combines Olympic weightlifting, gymnastics and high intensity interval training along with many other sport-specific movements and challenges. However, injuries prevented 50 athletes from competing to bring the numbers lower compared to last year. That didn’t diminish the success. “We had nothing but positive feedback. Just really happy athletes and everybody is excited to come back next year and see the event growing,” said Lyndie Hill of Hoodoo Adventures, which helps organize the event, adding that some of the injured athletes showed up to watch. “We were really happy with it.” Where Hill wants to see growth is in the stands. The weekend event attracted 1,500 spectators. “We want to get people excited to come and watch the event. We don’t have an issue selling out to the athletes,” she said. “It would be really great to pack out the stands. That is our goal for the next year.” Hill said they had video footage on the Hoodoo Adventures Facebook page to help give people an idea of
what to expect. “We invited friends down and they were just blown away by how cool it was to watch,” she said. Getting more butts in the stands will also allow the event to contribute more money to charity. This year they raise $2,000 for the Canadian Institute for the Blind, while money was also donated to a local athlete who recently found out their child was diagnosed with cancer. Half of the ticket money goes towards the charity. When it came to the competition, Sean Cassidy, one of the organizers, said Penticton athletes finished well finding spots in the top 10, including BCHL referee Dustin Minty, who placed fourth. In the mixed pairs, one of the new categories with teams, The Bald and the Beautiful took third. In the women’s masters 45-plus, Jo-Ann McCullough took first among the two people in that division and competed with a replaced knee. Cassidy said it was great to see family members cheer on their loved ones, while other spectators also showed support so the athletes could perform at their best. That support is what impressed Cassidy, who placed eighth in competitive men, the most. This year’s event attracted a large contingent of athletes from Vancouver, Alberta, Washington and as far as Nebraska. For results, check www.competeonline.ca and click view details by Okanagan Valley Throwdown.
STEVI NAGLE with Crossfit Penticton competes in the Okanagan Valley Throwdown fitness competition on Feb. 7. The event, co-organized by Hoodoo Adventures and Crossfit South Okanagan brought 300 athletes to the South Okanagan Events Centre for the two-day event. Dale Boyd/Western News
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Prabh Chahal, 15, a Grade 10 student at Princess Margaret Secondary School, is the starting point guard for the Mustangs senior boys’ basketball squad. While he’s tried out other sports this year including cross country and volleyball, his main passion is basketball. “I just love everything about it, it’s just fun,” Chahal said.
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In the DeVito household, playing multiple sports is encouraged. One in particular that sisters Olivia, 13, and Julia, 11, enjoy is basketball. The sport has been passed on from their mother Andrea’s side of the family dating back to the 1920s. Their great grandmother Rene Harris developed her skills growing up in Summerland and played for UBC. It was while playing university ball that Harris reached the pinnacle as her
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team represented Canada and won Olympic gold in 1928 in Prague. They defeated France 18-14. A press clipping from Sept. 9 said, “the athletic world of Prague was still resounding with the victory of the Vancouver University girls’ basketball team over a team of French girls … for the world championship.” With France and Canada being the only two countries represented, only one match needed to be played. “The victory of the Canadian girls was extremely popular in view of the fact that they had been forced to play on a cinder court 92 by 46 feet, which they had been accustomed,” the article stated. Harris and her teammates had strong performances, especially in the opening half as they used their speed to build a 14-8 lead at half. Maribel Rothfield, Andrea’s mother, was told by Harris that it was quite the experience. Rothfield also played, but for Pen High, while Andrea grew up playing for Kelowna Secondary School. Andrea said she wasn’t very good after being cut in Grade 9. When asked why basketball didn’t pan out for her, Andrea laughed and said she had a solution. “I always say it’s because the coach didn’t recognize my ability,”she joked. “Probably because I wasn’t very good.” That doesn’t stop her
from liking the pace of game, which requires quick thinking. “You have to be able to look up and see the whole court,” she said. “I think there is a level of aggressiveness that makes it exciting as well.” Andrea joked that her grandmother’s basketball genes skipped a generation. Olivia and Julia’s grandmother loves watching them play she just isn’t as critical as her mother was with her. “She would say, ‘Oh, you don’t dribble enough, you don’t do this, you don’t do that.’ I’m not going to do that to them,” she laughed. “I didn’t want her to come and watch me.” Rothfield said that Olivia, who represented the Okanagan in the B.C. Summer Games last year, is skilled at dribbling and doesn’t take it easy on opponents.
“I think that she plays aggressively,” said Rothfield. “She seems to be aware of what is going on beside her. Has awareness to control the ball. She’s fast. She makes lots of baskets.” Julia attests to Olivia’s aggressiveness. When the two play each other she has to deal with it. “She always tries to snatch the ball,” said Julia, adding that sometimes she gets an elbow. However, Julia said the friendly competition is good for them. “I think it makes us more aggressive on the other teams,” she said. Andrea credits the dedication of coaches Lesley Lacroix, Rene Aubin and Chris Terris for her daughters’ development. “It seems like Olivia is like her (great grandmother),” said Andrea. Andrea said the ex-
ploits of her grandmother didn’t become relevant to her daughters until they started playing. The only thing Julia knows is that she played in the Olympics. “I was really impressed,” said Julia. “It’s cool to see like other people before you play basketball in your family.” “That’s pretty great,” said Olivia. “They are fairly young to understand the extraordinary nature of the story because women in 1928 didn’t play a lot of sports,” said Andrea, whose grandmother was also an administrator and was instrumental in building the Pen High auditorium. “The fact that their great grandmother was such an athlete in that generation and did so well at it is something to be really proud of.”
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3. Do you have a pre-game routine? If so, what is it? Tape my stick, play sewer ball, stretch, then game time.
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Fred Harbinson is convinced had the Penticton Vees’ power play not struck out on the weekend, they would have returned from their three-game stand with six points instead of three. “Just something we need to tweak and address,” said the Vees coach. After picking up a 3-2 double-overtime win against the Chilliwack Chiefs Feb. 8, the Vees then settled for a 3-3 draw with the Powell River Kings and were shutout 3-0 against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. In total the Vees went zero-for-10 on the man advantage, including zero-for-six against the Bulldogs. The Vees coaching staff spent Tuesday finding a solution to solve the power play since they host the Vernon Vipers Wednesday night, for the final Wicked Wednesday of the season. “If we do that we will be fine,” he said. “I thought the rest of our game was really good. We just didn’t give ourselves an opportunity.” Against the Bulldogs, Harbinson said they made a mistake early in the period that resulted in a goal. However, they had chances but couldn’t capitalize. “We were getting good puck movement, spending most of the time in the offensive zone,” he said. “Just for whatever reason it’s just not clicking.” Harbinson also
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credited Bulldogs goalie Billy Christopoulos for a strong 37-save performance. “We had some good grade A chances, just one of those things where we never found a way to finish,” he said. During the road trip the Vees welcomed back Matt Serratore, who returned to the lineup from an ankle injury that kept him our since Nov. 14. He was reunited with Jack Ramsey and Riley Alferd. Against Chilliwack, Serratore and Alferd teamed up to set up Connor Chartier to give the Vees a 2-0 lead. “I thought he played very well considering how long he had been off,” said Harbinson. “He comes back in a tough situation, play-
We just didn’t give ourselves an opportunity. — Fred Harbinson
ing three games in two and a half days. I thought by the third game he was starting to wear down a little bit. He’s going to be great. He looked better than I expected. It was really good to see him back in the lineup.” And he loved being back in the lineup. “It was frustrating. It’s tough to watch from the stands every night,” he said. “The guys battle and have some big games. It’s
frustrating to not be able to have an impact on the game.” Serratore, who is averaging .80 points per game this season, said he felt the reunion with his linemates went well. “I think some chemistry was there again. We can build on it,” said Serratore, who will join the Air Force, an NCAA school, next season. Next up for the Vees (38-8-3-2) are the Vernon Vipers (31-16-1-3), who they own this season having won all five meetings. “We’re going to want to make a statement. We don’t like losing at home,” said Serratore. “It’s always a big game when we play at home. It’s a great rivalry. It’s a game that you always get up for.”
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Harbinson expects the Vipers to come out hard, especially after losing their last two games on the road. “I’m sure they are looking for a big win against us,” said Harbinson, stressing that the Vipers will do everything to not lose the final two meetings between the teams. The Vipers overtime loss on Sunday against Chilliwack helped the Vees clinch the Interior Division for the fourth straight season. “It means a lot about the organization. How we’re running things,” said Harbinson. “It’s not easy to win four in a row. The first goal is accomplished. Now the next goal is to try and get the president’s trophy (Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy).”
1. Which minor hockey coach made the biggest impact on you and why? Sandy Henry taught me what brought me to the next level. 2. What is your favourite hockey memory? When we won Western’s in bantam AAA.
4. Who is your favorite hockey player(s) and why? Scott Niedermayer and Kris Russel. Both have incredible vision, pass the puck well and are nice skaters. 5. What’s the best advice your parents gave you about playing hockey? If you want to succeed, leave all distractions aside. 6. If you could have dinner with any hockey players, alive or dead, who would they be? Why? Morgan Rielly. It’s been a while since I have seen him (the two played together in Moose Jaw) and a lot could be learned from where he is now.
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Sharp-shooting Mustangs Emanuel Sequeira Western News Staff
The Princess Margaret Mustangs senior boys basketball team won two of three during Mustang Mania on the weekend. The Mustangs opened against Valleyview, ranked sixth in B.C. and won 58-51. The Mustangs galloped to a hot start nailing five three-pointers in the first quarter led by Prabh Chahal, who finished with 13 points. The Mustangs had a 26-18 lead at the half. Valleyview came out strong in the second half and grabbed a fourth-quarter lead, but strong work on the boards and shooting from Kohl Linder brought the Mustangs back in front for good. “We wanted to win this one as a statement game going into (the Fraser Valley tournament) because we need to beat these guys to get to provincials,” said Chahal after the win. “We thought we had it and I guess we were getting fatigued. They came out with more energy towards the half because they wanted to get the lead, we kind of let it slip away, but we got our energy back. We got more invested towards the end and wanted to score more and just attack more.” The Mustangs then faced the Fulton Maroons from Vernon. The night before, Valleyview knocked off Fulton 50-44. However, the Maroons shot better to make the game close for three quarters before going on an 11-0 run with strong defence and capitalizing on Mustang turnovers to win 70-56. Daman Sarwara brought some good defensive energy off the bench and hit two three-point shots. Gawk Klar had a strong all-round game and chipped in eight points. In their final game, the Mustangs took on cross town rival Pen High and
won 78-40. Heading into the match, the Lakers were 2-0 having defeated Similkameen 60-47 and Kalamalka 77-37. Colton Van Camp led the Mustangs with 23 points, including 15 points drained from the three-point mark. Jacob Winstone created extra shot opportunities with 14 rebounds and three steals. The Lakers were led by Jacob Stoker with 11 points. The two teams will meet again on Feb. 16 at Pen High for a challenge match.
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The Princess Margaret Mustangs played four games in 32 hours with eight healthy players at the York House 26th Street tournament in Vancouver. The result was one win. The Mustangs, ranked ninth, opened against host York House Tigers (honourable mention in provincial rankings) and were led by 22-point efforts by Danielle Ruocco and Megan Admussen-Blair in a 65–46 victory. Taylor Corrie chipped in 12 points while Jaquelyn Ford was a strong presence at both ends. Against the No. 4ranked Notre Dame Jugglers, the Mustangs trailed by one point at half-time, then allowed the Jugglers to start the second half on a 9-0 run that they couldn’t recover from falling 61–50. Admussen-Blair led with 16 points while Ruocco knocked down 11 and Corrie chipped in nine. Next up was Seycove, ranked 10th. Trailing in the third, the Mustangs went on a 12–0 run to open an eight-point lead before allowing the Seahawks to have their own 16-point run to fall 51–41. Ruocco led with 16 points while Corrie and AdmussenBlair each contributed 11. The final defeat was 80-67 at the hands of the Rick Hansen Hurricanes.
KOHL LINDER of the Princess Margaret Mustangs sneaks a pass by Valleyview’s Connor Carson during Mustang Mania on the weekend. The Mustangs defeated Valleyview 58-51 for the first of their two wins. Dale Boyd/Western News
The Mustangs dug deep and showed great determination as they scored 33 points in the third quarter, including six from three-point land to close within two of the lead. Reiley Terbasket helped spark the comeback scoring all nine of her points in the third on three-point shots. Ruocco had another strong
performance with 22 points and tournament all-star Admussen-Blair knocked down 21. “With seven of the top 10 ranked teams in the province, it was an opportunity to see if they could compete with the top teams,” said Mustangs coach Dave Killick. The Mustangs’ next
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Locals and tourists alike know that one of the best ways to explore the beauty of Penticton and area is on two wheels. The extensive network of trails throughout the region offers cyclists amazing views of mountains, vineyards and lakes around every bend. Cyclists also know that after biking throughout this beautiful region,
nothing tastes better than a locally-brewed craft beer. This year, the inaugural Ramada Penticton General Manager’s Bikes and Beers Weekend will bring the best of these well-loved activities together. “I am absolutely thrilled to invite the biking community to come and join me for the first annual Ramada Penticton General Manager’s Bikes and Beers Weekend on April 24 and 25,”
said Gordon Ferguson, general manager of the Ramada Penticton. As a long-time resident of Penticton and an avid cyclist himself, Ferguson loves offering two-wheeled tours of Penticton as much as he does chatting about the rides and the region over a cold, craft beer. Participants will make their own way to the Penticton Ramada on April 24 and start the weekend’s festivities
with a welcome reception at the Kettle Valley Station Pub. “We’ll have served appetizers and guests can partake in $5 pints of any of our 14 craft beers on tap,” said Ferguson. Each participant will get a $20 Kettle Valley Station Pub gift certificate, which they can use to dine on their own on Friday evening. “On Saturday morning we’ll get up, meet in
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The Penticton and Area Access Society is hosting the third Jazzy Night fundraiser at the Barking Parrot on Feb. 12. The fundraiser will feature a performance by the Thursday Night Jazz Band as well as a 50/50 draw and a silent auction. Formerly the Penticton and Area Women’s Centre, the Access Society has broadened its scope in the last year to encompass the range of services being offered in the area to alleviate the effects of poverty. The society offers aid for those who have disabilities, helping with applications and equipment acquisition; legal advocacy, covering a range of legal issues and referring clients to pro bono lawyers or other forms of legal assistance available. The society also offers an income tax assistance program, helping those with low income maximize their tax benefits and qualify for government programs and assistance. The society also offers an all-encompassing drop-in and referral program open Monday through Thursday where the workers assist clients in a range of issues. “We will sit down and listen to what it is and help them sort it out. Hopefully by the time they leave they will either have a solution to their problem, or they’re at least linked to someone who will assist them,” Elmie Saaltink, chair of the board for the Penticton and Area Access Society, said. She estimated the society gets 1,000 clients a month in the drop-in program. “The money really does help us to carry on our regular programming, but there is a huge and increasing demand for our services,” Saaltink said. “People don’t think that poverty is a big issue in town here, but we have 1,000 cases coming to our door that say it is a problem.” The society receives funding from B.C. Gaming and the Legal Services Society along with other sources like the Community Foundation or the City of Penticton’s recent allocation of $4,000 in January. “It will help us rent additional space for our income tax program,” Saaltink said adding that those funds will help with the publication of a booklet that promotes low-cost services throughout the Okanagan. Fundraising events like this one help fill in the gaps for the society. “There’s a huge demand for our services and there are lots of items that don’t get covered under those particular programs,” Saaltink said. “There are lots of areas where we’re scrambling because we really try to fill holes where we see holes. So we’re often seeing there are pieces that need to happen for people that we don’t have funding for.” Saaltink said the circumstances around poverty are diverse and encompass many different types of people. “We have people who are disabled who are working as much as they can. We have people with low-
the courtyard and hit the road together for a 60 to 70 kilometre ride around the Penticton area. We’ll end up at Bad Tattoo Brewing in downtown Penticton where we will be treated to a special, private forno pizza buffet and craft beer lunch in the heart of the brewery,” said Ferguson. Participants can relax in the outdoor courtyard hot tub back at the Ra-
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shell committee has been working to collect the funding needed for the project. Vancouver Foundation and Province of British Columbia have also assisted with funding. This is the most recent accomplishment of the Women’s Institute. In the past, they have worked to provide a branch of the South Okanagan Library and supported the building of the community meeting room at the school complete with an industrial kitchen. The park, where the band shell is located, was once owned by the Women’s Institute and given to the town in 1967 as their Centennial Project. In the early 1980s, the Women’s Institute purchased the Bassett House and had it relocated to the Heritage Place thus creating the Heritage and Museum Society. Many of the current members are daughters of the founding members of the organization. In 1997 a bequest from Isabel Hester provided funding for the footings, foundation and floor for the band shell. That important work being completed, the band shell committee was formed in 2010 to provide the funding required to complete the project. The total cost of the project was estimated at $80,000. The community of 2,500 people has been in full support, providing half the money needed to complete the building through various contests, benefits, service clubs and private donations. Building began this month with the concrete ramp and electrical scheduled to be completed in the spring with a grand opening in the summer.
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t is with heavy hearts, but much gratitude for her long and joyful life, that we share the passing of Joy Ethel Everall (Love) on Sunday, February 1, 2015, at Penticton Regional Hospital. She is survived by her 5 children: Heather Peters (Wally Rooke); Jane Little (Peter); Mary Morales (Guillermo); Earl Everall (Gendendaram Enhtuvshin); and Roy Everall (Sue)and by her 13 cherished grandchildren and 8 great grandchildren: Jennifer Peters (Jacint Dragu) and Brad and Sean; Leigh Peters; Jan Little (Patrick Vrolyk); Suzie Marshall (Keith) and Cohen, Tyler, and Robin; Patrick Little (Jamie Leathem); Stefan Morales (Heather Cosidetto) and Felix and Clio; Claire Morales and Aurora; Margaret Morales; Nigel Everall (Tara); Colin Everall; Ian Everall; Lauren Everall; and Daniel Everall (Amanda Day). Born in Yorkton Sask., Joy married Ronald Everall in 1942 and started her family in Sask. and Manitoba before settling in Edmonton, Alberta where she lived for over 50 years and made many close friends. She was an independent woman who was an avid reader, loved yoga and enjoyed live classical music, opera, and travel. She was a loving mother and grandmother, for which she will be most fondly remembered. Special thanks to her many nurses, especially Casey and Ashley, who so lovingly cared for her at the end. Celebration of Life to be held July 11 in Penticton, BC at the United Church.
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Pets Adorable 3/4 Shih Tzu & 1/4 Chihuahua pups, shots. One full Shih Tzu pup, male. Perfect gift for Valentines, family, or girlfriend, etc. Hand raised. Very affectionate. Shih Tzu/Chihuahua $350, Shitzu $500. Call 1-778-475-7550 Flame Point Rag doll kittens, long & short hair w/extra toes, starting at $250, (778)4765335
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The BereavemenT resource Centre at 626 Martin St. hosts weekly drop-in grief support sessions at 6:30 p.m. Adults welcome. Call 250-4901107 for more info. alcoholics anonymous has daily meetings in Penticton and area. Call 250-490-9216 (24 hours) for more information. FraTernal order oF the Eagles has a homemade soup and sandwich lunch at noon. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. Bingo every Wednesday in the Legion hall with the Ladies Auxiliary, 502 Martin St. at 1 p.m. Lunches are available. care closeT ThriFT Store at 574 Main St. has weekly specials and special auctions. Open Monday to Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. All proceeds to the local hospital and hospice. Donations always welcome. souTh main drop-in Centre has beginner line dance at 9 a.m., medical Qi Gong at 10 a.m., coffee social 10 a.m. to noon, easy to intermediate line dance and cribbage at 1 p.m. and Pilates at 3:30 p.m., Ukulele Strumalong at 6:30 p.m. al-anon For Friends and family of alcoholics at 7:30 p.m. at United Church, 696 Main St. Call 250-490-9272 for info. carpeT BoWling From 1 to 2:30 p.m. at the Seniors’ Recreation and Wellness Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. KiWanis cluB meeTs at 7 p.m. every Wednesday at 390 Brunswick St. Call 250-493-8901 for information. penTicTon duplicaTe Bridge Club has games Wednesdays at 7 p.m., Thursdays at 1 p.m. and the Under 100 Club Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. in the Penticton Legion on Martin St. Call Birgitta at 250-770-1154 for info. seniors’ recreaTion and Wellness Centre at 439 Winnipeg St. hosts euchre every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Call Betty at 250-490-0468 for more information. hand and FooT canasta
at 1 p.m. in the Penticton Leisure Centre, 439 Winnipeg St. Lessons available for those who have never played before. Call June evenings at 250492-7630 for info. anaveTs has hump Day with Stu’s kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon, with dinner at 5:30 p.m. Entertainment at 6:30 p.m. alcoholics anonymous has Nooners meetings Monday to Friday noon at 1197 Main St. Call service 24 hours is 250-490-9216. Night group meets in the Baptist Church at 7:30 p.m. at 1498 Government St. The Summerland group meets at 8 p.m. at 13204 Henry Ave. in the basement. The penTicTon academy of Music String Orchestra rehearses from 7:15 to 8:45 p.m. in the lounge of the Leir House, 220 Manor Park Ave. New members welcome. Please call 250493-7977 for more info. oliver douBle o Quilters have drop-in activities Wednesdays. oKanagan Falls seniors’ Centre has music and coffee from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and carpet bowling at 1 p.m. FosTer care inFo sessions every Wednesday from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. at MCFD Resource Office. For info call Moe at 250770-7524 or visit www.fosterbc.ca or www.mcf.gov. bc.ca/foster.
recovery program for anyone suffering from eating disorders meets at 7 p.m. at the Vineyard Community Church, 1825 Main St. (enter from rear). For more information call 778-4760374 or 250-809-3329 or visit www.foodaddicts.org. FiTness Friends meeTs every Monday and Thursday in the Legion hall, 502 Martin St. at 10 a.m. Come lose those extra pounds. Call Dot at 250492-5400 for info. elKs cluB has fun darts at 7 p.m. Tops B.c. 1640 meets from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Bethel Church basement at 945 Main St. Phone Beverley at 250493-5968 or Liz at 250493-7997 for more info. royal canadian legion branch 40 has crib at 7 p.m. in the Legion hall at 502 Martin St. souTh main drop-in Centre has Spanish conversation and carpet bowling at 10 a.m., improver line dance, bingo and a crafters meeting at 1 p.m. Call 250-493-2111 to confirm line dance activities. deserT sage spinners and Weavers Guild meets at 10 a.m. at the Oliver Community Centre. Visitors are always welcome. If you are interested in becoming a member stop by or contact Gail Erickson at rgerickson@ telus.net or 250-498-4959. anaveTs has sTu’s kitchen
open 9 a.m. to noon, 269 Darts club at 7:30 p.m. FraTernal order oF the Eagles has tacos at 5 p.m. and musical trivia bingo at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. Tops (TaKe oFF Pounds Sensibly) meets at 5:30 p.m. at the Church of the Nazarene, 523 Jermyn Ave. Call Merle at 250770-8093. line dancing aT the Oliver Senior Centre at 10 a.m. Get moving with Claire Denney. Call 778439-2070 for more information. WeeKly supporT group at the Penticton Regional Hospital Mood Clinic for family or friends of any person who has a mental illness. Call 250-493-7338 for details. alcoholics anonymous nighT group meets at 8 p.m. at 150 Orchard Ave. in the Outreach Centre. The Okanagan Falls group meets at 8 p.m. at 5328 Hawthorne St. and the men’s book study group runs at 7:30 p.m. at 102 1825 Main St. Vineyard Church. al-anon For Friends and family of alcoholics meets at 7:30 p.m. in the Summerland United Church. Call 250-4909272.
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Friday social dance with Shindigger at South Main Drop-In Centre, 2965 South Main St. starting at 7:30 p.m. $6 per person. FraTernal order oF the Eagles has dinner at 5 p.m. followed by entertainment with Destiny the band at 7 p.m. Members and guests welcome to the hall at 1197 Main St. inTeresTed in volunTeering? The Kettle Valley Railway is recruiting for this tourist season for several exciting positions: seamstresses are wanted for the Women in Need Society and if you like carpentry or garden and yard maintenance several opportunities exist. Find these and many other positions in your community through the South Okanagan Similkameen Volunteer Centre web site www.volunteercentre. info or call 1-888-5765661. royal canadian legion branch 40 has fish and chips lunch at 11:30 a.m. elKs cluB on Ellis Street has drop-in fun darts and pool at 7 p.m. penTicTon seniors compuTer Club dropin sessions Monday and Friday from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at 439 Winnipeg St. People may sign up for memberships, classes or have computer problems solved. Picture class on Mondays from 2:30 to
4 p.m. 890 Wing oF South Okanagan Air Force Association meets at 4 p.m. in the clubhouse at 126 Dakota Ave. FunTimers’ Ballroom dance Club meet most Friday evenings, upstairs at the Elks Club, 343 Ellis St., from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Come and enjoy an
evening of ballroom and Latin American dance. Everyone welcome. For more information contact Robert McKenzie at 250-493-0601 or visit pentictonfuntimers.org. anaveTs has sTu’s Kitchen open from 9 a.m. to noon. Mixed doubles pool at 7 p.m. and entertainment at 7:30 p.m.
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